Apparatus for recording and computing manufacturing costs.



N. T. Hem. APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND COMPUT! NG MANUFACTURING COSTS. APPLICATION FILED JAN.26. 19|5.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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WITNESS? S I V 11V VEN TOR. M014 xi M0288 Tfiz'eZE'c/rer BY I 'N. T. FICKER. APPARATUS FOR RECORDENG AND COMPUTING MANUFACTURING COSTS.

- APPLICATIONY FILED JAN.26. 1915 1,208,1 1 9L Patented 'Dec. 12,1916

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APFLICAHON FILED JAN.26, 1915. 1,208.,1 19

Patented Dec. 12, 191 6.

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. GRIT/H3 N. T. HCKER.

APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND COMPUTING.v MANUFACTUFING COSTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-26, l9|5| 1,208,1 1 9.

Patented Dec. 1 1916 8 SHEETSSHEET 4- AHPHCATION FILED JAN. 26,

latemxed Dec. '12, I916.

While/a5 ilm I A r N. T. FICKEPL FOR RECORDING AND COMPUTING MANUFACTURING COSTS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.26, 1915.

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v I Miami 7?? STATES, PAT N b Apparatus for COMPANY, INCL, A CORPbRATIQN OF NEW YORK.

* "iii'ofioLA's 'r. FICK'ER, or NEW YORK, N. Y., nssmuon To mcxnn nnconnmo uacnmn Arr-mares r03 nnoonnms AND COMPUTING mauurac'rtmmo cos'rsQ To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NICHOLAS Tnmn Fianna, a citizen of 'the United States, residing-at New York, in the county-of New York and State of New York, haye i nveiited certain new and useful Improvements in Recording 'and Computing Manufacturing Costs; and I do hereby declare "the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Skilled inthe art to which it 1a ppertains to make and use the same.

I use of which he is able to provide an accu- Y rate 20" trouble.

whose indimtions at ypresent invention relates to apparatus for facilitating factory computations, and more particularly to an inexpensive "and reliable device which can be placed on the bench of every journeyman in a factory by account of the time he worksand of the distribution of that time on various jobs with a minimum expense of time and Certain features of my invention have v further relation to accurate and speedy computation and job distribution of vWagesand overhead charges, as well as to simultaneous computation, ofdaily totals of wages and overhead charges. p I v It has been found essential for ;eliicient factory management to be able to obtain a ready and certain' recordof time, wages and overhead charges, not only with respectto their-totals in. given periods of time, butas wellpwith regard to the proportions of such totals" properly assignable ,to each job worked upon. Only in this manner is it-' possibleto obtain such data as will facilitate making intelligent bids upon work offered, and such as will give a clear idea.

of the relative kinds of work.

My improved individual ivorkmans indicator makes it possible to'gather these data without any material appeal to the intelligence or care of the workman, and by. the use of sturdy, cheap and .reliable mechanism. I

While the full benefit of my invention. is derived from the use of printing wheels bearing types, these are not absolutelyf es sential. since indicating wheels may be used proper times may be profit found in different copied It is, therefore, to be understood.

. to one carrying with one end of the casing and honr han that the term indicating Wl'leelqin my claims applies either to a wheel bearing characters intended only for. inspection vor characters.

Specification of Letters Patent. '7 Patented Dec, 12, 1916, Application filed January 26, 1915. Serial No. 4,440. I

types capable of impressing A'nexample.,of an embodiment of :my in- I vention is"-illustrate d in the accompanying drawings, wlf rg l Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ex terior, Fig. 2 is an end elevation ofthe'same removed, Fig. 3 is a plan yiew with the., platen and top re.- moved, showing only the location of the various supporting shafts, Fi 4 is anelevw tion showing a portion ofthe indicating wheels and cams in Vertical section,- Fig. '5 IS a perspective dlagrammaticav ew showing the principal elements so separated as bet-f ter to exhibit their funct onal relations;

Figs. 6, 'Zand 8 show various cams, ratchets', pawls, and Figs. 9 and ,10 show opposite sides of a positions of 1 .etc., in perspective specimen coupon card especially designed for receivingthe necessary,impressions=from the machine In using mans bench should be provided with one when printing wheels are used." I my improvement each .work-;

machine which will liavesubstantially the appearance shown in Fig. 1, having a" cas:

mg 10, with a printing opening 11 over which a' platen 12 is'placed, being mounted on a stem 13, adapted to slide in. a bearing 14 suitably supported oversaid opening' All of a master clock, for instance as shown 0.1315 in Fig. 5. This clock governs an electric air cuit with which connection is made at each.

these machines are controlled from I bench by a cable 16 and socket 17, in a well known manner. The mechanism within the casing is ad. ted to running the minute s of a clock 18, atomreiid of the casing.

Inspection of Figs. 5 to 9in'connection with the following description will'ma-ke g the general features of my invention clear;

but it is to be understood that the specific details about. to be described are not essential to my invention, broadly considered.

Indeed the particular details of. construetion. set forth in Fi ment shown in Figs. 1 to 4. I

I employ a group of indicating wheels,

5-, for instance, difl'er Y in some respects wit the preferred arrange:

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ofsaiol indicating Wheels is automatically v etlntrblled by movement of another. This 5 last controlling Wheel preferably forms a artotn masterwheel, and, in thepreferred form 's hown therei is tr master wheel for regular or normal operation and another master wheel which acts in'coiip'eration with the first named for producing certain 00- mcas i o nal operations;

In the form shown, the indieatorwheels take the form of 5 four printing wheels; namel the vhour Wheel 19 and minute wheel '16 20 (thetime Wl1881$ il18 job wheel 21 and 'th'e totalizing W1 eel-22 (computing wheels).

ThesF'are l'nonnte d vto revolve in parallel r" planes side by ,side "upon a, common fixed supporting shaftt23, lhe computing wheels 32D lire 'fhrni'shed,withsprings 24 and 2:3,tn equivalent devices tending constantly to re-'- turn them to a npreiestahlished Zero. This zi-o 'po sitioirfis assumedawhen"the projections 26 midget .on the wheels are brought "hgainst the fixed'stops 28/and 29 respec- In the specifie fornrshmvn-in Figs. 1 and 14,,t1'1elock face 18 is produced by mounting the; Inim tewheel upon a .sleevaBO, carrying tl1e ,niinute hand- 31 at its end;- anrl mounting *otithis sleevea-ithe, sleeve 32hcarrying the our wheel andthe hour hantil 33.

. The indicating? wheels -(except the minute 1-) arefsuppliedwith normally idle pro means, and a.1'naster wheel (of which i .the minute wheel preferably forms apart) ,lcontrols a governor which deteri'nines the occur-reticent active anovement of the prof' also with 1 a lifting lever I37 impixngfingl against the inner or under edge of the pawl This arrangement or idea of mean'smaytal i great varietyfof forms, but Iflpreferto nbody it,"a'ssllin\' ri,'ii i a "structure wherein 'themas'ter wheel a nd'indi- I,catingwheels'are drivenlby' a single connnon motive-means, a d wherein the inmnally idle }propelling mea for each'wl'ieel 'eonsistsof a p awhm 'ngmnifm-ml =b1it normally out of contact th a ratchet on the wheel, while I tthW'gmtern is a'deiticegoverningthe en gageinent or diseljigiagfet ent'fof earli' pawl with:iitsm-atchet; Thisgovernor in turn is referarhlyi controlled by "a cam on "one uniecnd are cariipelling-imeansu iluhly 1'1 1s icross iotive lever 1*. conne ed )lenoid 37;, sist e hby a The electric =1 minute by; con Q5; the anaster metallic terminals, wi h, connected. by: am xii -suit. Some :of i

hit 1 some "of- '0 th i an 'and they intervals, preferably one-every hour andthe the branch connections are omitted for graiterclearnessu The four wheels, from'le ft to right in Fig. i

5, are-fm'nisherl respectively with ratchet wheels 42, 43, 44 and and-opposite these are monnted the pawls 16, 4:7, 48 and 49.,

Each paw'l is pivotedto an offset, 50, 51, 52

and 53 respectively, on the main pawl shaft t which impels the minute. wheel, and by means offlthis there is a new character or type brought into view opposite the opening 11 atthe beginning of each minute. This character should, of course, be a. number-indicating the number of minutes past the hour. All of the other paw ls normally-move idly, become active at n' edetermined others every ten mii'iutesa -The time of active movement of thejqmwls is determined by a governor or governorsautomatically operated. g In theform shown thereis one governor for the computing wheels and another for the hour wheel- Also a supplemental governor inafter described The hour wheel governor comprises a liftingshaft 54 revolubly mounted and'pro- ,for another purpose, herevidedwith an arm 55 drawn by a spring against a cam 56 on the minute wheehand 46. The-minute,wheel, andthe cam 56 with it, revolves once 111 an hour, and at the end of each hour. a suitable depression on the a turn, so as to make visible the numhercorresponding to the new 'hour. In order to 111- sure onlya single move'n'lent' of the hour ivheelat a given time, and restore the g th ernor to the position shown in Fig. 5 certainty after one such movement, I pre to provide peculiarly shaped retaining pawls GSand 55) on the hour-and minuteratchets respectively. 'lliese paivl s"are held down strongly against their ratchets' by springs (lOwind #01, and have their "extremities so shaped, as shown, that whena given tooth has made about one half its travel f0l":l

givenj'impulse, .its point brought- .nndcr the pressure of t hebev l'e'd funder edge of the 1 paw l'ja nilis 1 t] i-us assisted forward lintil it imstopped by 'c'oi'itact with the extreme end of said pawl."

.ny employing this expedient, when the new minute number one finds the pawl 46 disengaged while, at the same time, and

thanks to the assistance of the retaining pawl 58. which finishes the work started by I the pawl 46', the exposure of the number corresponding to the new hour is displayed.

It will be noted that, owing to the differentpurposes of the various wheels, the degree of throw is different for-each. For instance the entire. revolution of the hour wheel is accomplished in only twelve steps, while' there are sixty steps in one turn of the minute wheel. Accordinglythe ofi'set's 50, 51, 52 and 53 vary in length, so that a given dey gree of revolu'tion of the shaft 34 produces 2 simultaneouslythe various lengths of-throw desired for the different pawls.

' The governor forthecomp'uting wheels Y is s'imilar'in. its construction and operation to that justdescribed. It comprisesa lifting shaftl62, having an arm 63 whose end bears on a cam'-64 next the ratchet 43. Un-

der the pawls 48 and 49 are placed the lift *ing levers 65 and 66, fixed on the shaft (32. Th'e dotted'ilines in Fig. 5 show the posi- 35 tions'of the pawls and lifting levers during active movement, and these. position'sfare,

determined bypassage under the tip of the arm 63 {of depres'sions ten minutes apart in the cam 64. 'As each computing wheel is 40 moved forward one tooth against its retaming"? spring by a movement of'its pawl, it. is held in the new position by a hooked restraining, pawl, 67 or .68,which is spring pressed'agamst the ratchet.

While, of course, the characters and ures upon the various 'wheels may be varied,

to suit the desiredcircumstances, I prefer to provide each computing wheel with three circular rows of figures denoting respectively successive periods of time, (in hours and minutes) successive sum in dollars and cents, increasing by uniform amountscon responding to wages earned in such interrails of time, and successive sums increasing by increments represent-mg overhead charges correspondlng to the .same time intervals.

One'compos lte computing wheel (prefer ably next the'minute wheel) I' call the job wheel, and is intended to be under, control 0 of the workman'to permit its return to zero" after each The other computing wheel is'called the totallzer anddoes'not return after eac h job, but adds up allth'e work of a given journeyman for eachdayi' Both computing wheels return to zero after comtionr87 whereby once intwelve pletion of the dayswork. The automatic means for accomplishing this, as wellfas the manual control filSSOCltltBll with the .1

vparatlis are described as follows- The pawls 67 and 68' are mounted to swin'g loosely upon a corhmoushaft, 69 parallel to the main shaft 23. An operating shaft 70 runs also parallel to the 'main shaftthe entire length of the machine and is provided with a liftiiig leyer 71 for removingthe pawl68 from its ratchet. The operating arm 72 is also fast upon the shaft 70 and is pressed by a spring 73 against a cam 74wl1ich'turns with the'hour \v'lieel.

A sleeve 75 is mounted to turn loosely on so the shaft 70, and formsa portion of a train of manually operated 'rnechanis'm forcontrol of the machine; This manuallyoperated mechanism preferably comprises a handle a 76, which projects out of the casing (see' 5 Fig. 1) and is fastened to a plate 77 hang ingfroma sleeve, 78 lopse on the shaft ($9. A projection 79 on this sleeve and plate impinges against the lugSO on the sleeve 75,

whilea'second lug 81, .on the same sleeve, presses milder. the pawl 67." For automatic operation apin 82, mounted upon an arm fast on the shaft 7 0, impinges against the front of said lug 8 f The operating lever 83 is loosely mounted on the shaft '69, and the lower end of. the pawl G7 is turned under said lever,'- as shown, so thatwhen said pawl is tilted back and-away from its ratchet, it 'will l ift the lever 83. This causesthe end of said lever to strike the lever 84 on the lifting shaft- 62, .turning the same, and freeing [the i'atchet'44 from engagement "withth pafi 48 at the same time that. the pawl 67 automatically lifted. i 'In order to be able to free the pawl-48* manually without 'disturbingthe. paw'lfi'i, I provide the "plate 77-with a pin 85'exj1- tending under the lever- 83. This last? normally held down'lfy "a spring as sho n.- I prefer to supply the plate 77 with notches either of which may be mac engage with a securing spring 86, whereby the handle/T6 and plate 77:areheld in the I middle or,lowe'red position when sop-laced 1'15 byhitnd. w The cam 7% is provided with a raised porhours (say at si'X oclock) the operating arm 72 is pressed 'backwa-rdfor automat'icoperation of the pawls. i The supplemental governor;whereby at a specifiedhour and minute, and for a pre f determined fraction of an hour, the inipelling pawls 48 and 49 are independentlv 123 lifted, is preferably constructed as follows:" Two spring pressed levers 8S and 89 are, loosely mounted on a common shaft, and bear respectively-upon the callus 90mm] 91- (see Figs. 5 and 8). These levers act inle 'er 89 islifted folw'vard. I

.alone rontrolled the rod 92, said rod would hold the impellingpihvls for thero mputing wheels in idle position three quarters of thetime. But,since the rod92 is liberated-only .whenfboth leyers SS and 89 are lifted,-this action; only takes place when the" lever 88 dependently upon a common rod 92 carried by an arm 93 on a sleeve 94:, turning loosely on the shaft which carries the levers-88 and 8!). N spring 95 tendsto draw the arm 93 and ,rod 9'4 IfOlWVitltl. ()ne end of the rod 92 rests in a wide-fork at the top of a .r v the operatnlg arm b5, so that said arm may;

move back nd fortll independdntly of said rod, hit the sh-a time; assoon as both levers SS and are pressed forward at the same time, the rod 92 being thus liberated, is drawn forward by s iring," and acts through the fork on the arm 63 to tilt said arm forward and freehoth *impelling pawls 48 and 49, in a manner "already described.

This separates the computing wheels from control of the minute wheel.

As bestshow'n in Fig. SQtheshape of the cam 91 on the minute wheel such that during a .predetrirtniiid I fraction of every hour I.(say three quarters of an'liour) the If this levelis on the. projection 96 of the .can'r'i'lfi, on

the hour wheel. BY suithble location of the high pm'tions of the cams 90 and 'fill therefore,t l1e rod tli is only lihei'a'ted during" a portion of thenoon hour (sat trot n noonto The mechanism thus set forth 'ni: i be described as to its preferred mode ot o j' oration, that is tdsay, in its relation -t-o,, a formiotjticket to be printed by eacli wor man, an example of which shownin Figsl 9 and 10. In this connection it to be understood that l lgfit' fsho vs ordj ary mo mental-y positions of certain parts when the operating handle 76 is lifted at the beginning of each job, F ,TShriws; the 'posi- J v stainps his ticket opposite the words Job K finished? and atthis time, -thejob wheel will print under Elapsed time the'three" tions of the same parts on automatic release of the computing wheels, Figi 8 llustrates Lil]. dotted and; full lines the movements which are ja iitomatically produced at the beginning and end of the noon recess, and

Fig. 2 shows the normal working position, 1 also-shown 1n another torm in Pig. 5.

i Fig. 9 shows that face ofthe ticket which is kept uppermost when it is stampeduand, here are printed the directions for use.

side. .In using thev ticket, ,fhe brings that portion of the line marked--93 ander the blunt indenting projection 94; on the" mov able-p1atenr(see Figs. land 4) When the On one side of this face, near the top are print-- edthe expressions Morning in .Noon

. platen is brought down it presses the under sideof the ticket against the printing ribbon and type in a well known manner, and

i at the same time this projection; 94. makes an r indentation 93bypressing the material into rious jobs, which may be separated along the weakeiiedplines, shown dotted in Figs. 9.

' and 10. u E I I On thereverse side of theticket (Fig. 10)

are written or stamped at the top the name 'and number of-the workman and the date. Below these dates ruled spaces are provided I for receiving. the data, to be recorded, substantially as about to he described.

Reference to Fig. 10' will give an example of the anode, 0t using the ticket in connection .witlrfive jobs during. a single day. The workman on reaching h s bench, begins recording; his arrival, say at six fiftyeighhathe tnne. \\'heels showlng .a'fid printing this hour in the left hand column, the

begins at seven-two and, as .directed on the uppensnle of the ticket. the workman lifts "the handle 76.. as i211 i lS lt will go and lets other-cohunns showing zero. The first 'job it drop .intoythe position shown in Fig. 2, at i -the;sa1ne'tin'1estamping the time of start ing his jobon thennderside of the ticket. At the-same time. zero will be printed on all the computingcolumns. \Vhenthis job is completed at ten thirty-two the handle 76 "is pressed ndown, thus stopping" further "inovement ot'.tl1e computing wheels, but as the restraining,pawls 67 an 168' are still in' '1engagement the computing wheelshdo not go back to "zero." The workman again hours and .thirty minutes between seven-two cents. As this is jtllB fiI'SiljjOb 0 day, the totalizing wheel will make tl e r'ecordJ' Whenathe next; job cornmene handle'l'fi'isiagain drawn to it will act *asn'shown, in Fig,

whee-l from 'ithenpawl, .67. w

liilel l av totalizing wheel- ,unaffected. Cons qr ntlj when the-ticketiifon the second jo first stampedu immediately; ,1 after this, lifting of the handle'i thei timewill be; printed txten *thirtv five); the jolo M I v zero while the totalizingv wheel. w ll repeat 3 thereeord printed,at.tl 1e end of the firstjtib.

*At f the end .of the second joh the handl jheel I will" again show I .i again thrown downto stop the wheels and the. ticket again stamped under v Job finished. The job wheel will show the elapsed time on job No. 2, the labor charge on the same,

and the overhead charge on the same, while the totalizing wheel, not having gone back to zero, 'will show these data as .applied to ,thesilm of jobs 1 and 2. The

3 that, alt on twenty ,a'nd finishes "at the top in Fig.10 and at the same tiiiie the job wheel showed an elapsed time of When "the .meantime' 1 twelve 'oclock, the job l handle-bu'tthat-any further computing wheels during the noon hour was same operat onsswill be repeated with respect to eaehfiob.

It will be'noticed with respect to job No.

gh the job starts at eleventime marked on the. job wheel is only one hour and fiftyminutes. This is owing to the fact that the noon hour has intervened and-'thgt this time has been subtracted from the total. ThiS'is accomplished as follows: workman went'out at noon he stamped his time as twelve oclock as shown forty minutes which is the time between eleven-twenty, when the job No. 3 was started and'twelve oclock whenfithe workman went out. The other datastamped correspond to this. When the workman came in at one o-"clock, he again stamped his ticket, and the computing wheels repeated the same record as at twelve oclock, there having been no progress,' of,course, in the On leaving at I e having been fi rthe workman did not manipulate his It is to'beunderstood prevented by action ofth supplemental 1 governor in the manner hitherto explained zero in interrupting action during a with respect to Fig.8. In the specific form shown in Fig. 8, the-governor provides for fraction of the hour; But, of course, the use of the ticket with a governor interrupting action during the entire hour, will be easily understood.

At the end of the day, the machine is stopped by the workman and at a predetermined tim as fox-instance six oclock the a 9 hour wheel acts automatically as hitherto described to produce the position of parts shown in Fig. 7, which freesthe computing wheels and permits them. both to return to preparation ofthe following day. The computing wheels can, of course, be supplied in awell known mannerwithre- .movableprinting. rimscorrespondi-ng to dif- .ferent rates 'of' ."wa'ges and of overhead charges and the detailss'of construction whereby this is preferably carried out, need not be here described as they are well known in the art.

. It is also to be understood that the action ,ofthe master clock as shown in Fig. 5, is merely] an indication of the general combination and that various means well known at two-ten, the elapsed progress of the -.cating time wheel, an imlicating computing wheel mounted parallel thereto, ajratchetq in the art may be employed, whereb a single short impulse is-sent over the line once a minuteor at any suitable intervalof-time.

Many changes may be made in thestruce ture without, departing from the scope of my inventmmand I am not to be understood details her-em as limiting mvsclf to the shown and described. \Vhat I claim 1. In a workmans time recorder, an indicating time wheel, a motive means therefor adapted to be continuously operated by a master clock, an ndicating computing wheel, returning means tending continually to bring the same to zero, power transmitting means between said motive means and said computing wheel for driving the latter, automatic.- means controlled by movement of said time wheel for temporarily withdrawing said computing \Yheelirom the influence of said power transmitting means-and manually Controllable" means for controlling the action of said returning,

brought to zero at will.

means whereby the computing wheel maybe 2. In a workmans time recorder, an indica'ting time wheel, a motive means .therefor adapted to be continuously operated. by a master clock, an indicating computing wheel, returning means tending contlnually to bring the sameto zero,

power transmitting means between said motive means and said computing wheel for driving the lat-.

ter, automatic means controlled by move ment of said time wheel for temporarily withdrawing saidcomputing wheel from the of said power transmitting means,

influence a holding device for normally restralmng said returning means, and automatic means controlled by movement of said time wheel for/rendering said holding device temporarily' inoperative to return the computing wheel to zero.

3. In. a workmans time recorder, an-indi' eating time wheel, an indicating computing wheel, a pawl andratchet for each, a reto bring thecommotive means for both pawls, adapted to be continuallyio 'rturning means adapted putlngwheel to zero. a

ated by a master clock, a cam asso ted with said time wheel, means control-1e said cam for lifting and dropping the com-' retu rni n'g me ans.

4. In aiworkmdnstirne recorder, a nd on each wheel, a pawl shaft parallcl to the common aXis of said wheels, a pawl for each ratchet having offset mountings onsaid pawl shaft, a cam associated with said time wheel, and meanscontrolled by said cam for lifting and wheel pawl automatically.

dropping the computing j puting wheel pawl automatically, and means for controlling at will the operatiomofsaidactuating said disconnecting means.

' ling adapted to free v p iting wheel having a ratchet wheehmeans 5. In a workmans time recorder, an indieating ob wheel, an ind cat ng totalizer wheel movable independently thereof, separate'returning means for each wheel tending to return them to zero, a master wheel, alanotive device for all oi said wheels adapted to be continuously operated by a master clock, automatic means controlled by said a master wheel for simi'iltaneously stopping and starting said oh wheel and totalizer wheehand separate automatic meanscontrolled by said master wheel for controlthe return to zero of said last name wheels. l

. 6. In a wo 'kmaiis time recorder, an indi- :a'tingjob wheel, a totalizer wheel, and

- masterWheehseparate returning means for bringing said job wheel and totalizer wheel singly to zero, a common pawl shaft, driving pawls mounted thereon, ratchets on said arate power transmitting devices whereby "3-5 saidifiotive device drives each of said wheels; in eoi ib nati 1 'ith disconnecting 'incans id computing wheel from its appropriate power transmitting device, and-meaiisadapted to be operated by joint actionoi saiiilminute and hour wheels for In a \mi'lcniaiis t'imei-ecorder, a computing-wheel having a ratchet wheel, a H1111- lite wheel l'iaviii-g acan'nand a i-atchetwheel,

an hour'wlieel having a cam and wratchet wheel, a separate .pai'vl for operatingeach of said wl1eels, and a (EOHIIHOHIDOtiVG device for all oft said pawls; in combination with a; lifting device for the computing wheel pawl, arodad' ipted to move said lifting deviceand two separately swinging levers bearing upoi'r the cams on the minute and a hour wheelsres 'iectively and adapted jointly to control movement oi SilltliOd. 9. Ii -a workmans time recorder, a coma for-returning the same to zero, a restraining Jpawlfadriving pawl, means for" actuating therdiiving pawl, and a handle adapted to free," the restraining pawl when moved in one direction, and to free the driving pawl when moved" in the opposite direction.

ill): In a worlimans time recorder, a com puting wheel. having a ratchet wheel, means for returning the same to zero, a restraining pawl, on one side of the ratchet, driving pawl on' the opposite side of the ratchet,

means .for ,operatingthe driving pawl, a swinging lever adapted to lift the driving pawl, and a swinging handle-having means for engaging said swinging lever when the handle isswi ng in one direct onand also having means for, lifting the restraining pawl when swung in the opposite direetionr- 11. In a workmans lIIIIIGTBCOIdBI ELQ indicating minute wheel, an: indicating hour wheel, an additional1ndicat1ngwhee1, motive means for all, of sa d wheels, a prim cipal governor automatically controlled by" sai'd minute wheel for governing normal an action of said additional wheel and-a slip plemental governor controlled by joint action of said minute and hour wheels for occasionally governingoperatiomof said addi-v;

tional, wheel.

12. In a workmans'time recorder, an 111-.

'dicatii'ig minute wheel, anfindicating-hoiir wheel, anindicating computing wheel,'two

cams turning with said minute wheehmeans'f controlled by one, of said cams ior governso ing the operation of said computing wheel,

and, means, controlled by the other'cam for governing operation of said hour wheel. 13. In a workmans time i'ecordena series of indicating wheels bearing characters sepmated by spaces of different lengthsfratchet wheels associated with said indicating wheels and; having teeth spaced in accordance with the corresponding spaces between characters, separate impelling pawls' for said ratchet wheels, a common shaft for said pawls and levers of varying lengths uniting said pawls respectively to said shaft so asto impart a throw ,to each proportional to" the spacing of the corresponding ratchet wheel.

ll. In a workmans time recorder, a minute wheel having thereon a ratchet'a'ndtwo cams, an hour wheel and a computing wheel each having a ratchet; in combination with a common pawl shaft for said hour Wheel and computing wheel, pawls mounted olfset thereon, separate lifting shafts forthe hour wheel and computing wheel each having a lifting lever and levers'lon said two shafts respectively'engaging said two cams on the minute wheel. I H

15. In a workmanis time recordei'fa computing wheel havinga ratchet; a pa'wltherefor, a lifting shaft liavinga liftingblever, an

arm onsaid shaft having a'foi'ked" end, a 12 pivoted supplemental governor havingfa part resting in said fork, two master cams,

and two controlling levers cooperating with v said cams and each actingindependently to control the position of said supplemental 5 governor. I i 16. In a workmans t me recorder, a computing wheel, propelling means therefor, a a,

controlling device for said means, two mastercams, a swinging supplemental governor, 30'

. having a rod engaging said controlling device, means tending to draw said governor in independently to control the one direction, independent levers bearing against said rod and each against one of said cams, and separate means on said levers for holding them against their respective cams.

17. In a devicelof the class described, a computing wheel having a ratchet, a pawl therefor, a lifting shaft having a lifting lever, a forked. arm on said shaft and a PIlIlClPi ll. master cam against which said arm rests;- in combination with a pivoted supplemental governor having a part resting in the fork of said arm, two supplemental master cams and two controlling levers cooperating with said cams supplemental governor.

18. In a workmans time recorder, a compnting wheel, two time wheels, aratchet on each Wheel, amain impelling shaft, a pawl for on s id shaft, motive means for said shaft, a lifting .leverfor the pawl of the computing wheel, a cam on one time Wheel. adapted to" act alone to control said lifting lever, a, .operatin-gcams onsaid two time wheels, and

and each acting position of said each ratchet pivoted in offset position a supplemental governor controlled by said 19. In a workmans time recorder, a min" ute wheel, an hourwheel, a computing wheel adapted to return to zero when released, a restraining pawl therefordan impelling pawl there or, lifting means for the restraining pawl automatically controlled by movement of the hour wheel, and lifting means forthe impelling pawl automatically controlled by movement of the minnte'wheel.

20. In a workmans time recorder, a minute Wheel, an hour wheel, two computing wheels adapted to return to zero when released, a restraining pawl for each, a com mon lifting shaft for both, lifting levers thereon, impelling 'pawls, for said wheels, an hour wheel governing said lifting shaft, anda minute wheel governing both said impelling pawls and said hour wheel.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I 'NICHOLAS T. FIOKER,

,Witnesses:

" v H. 3. MAoKaYE,

' KATHARINE C. Mme. 

